Page 12 - Boca ViewPointe - October '23

Page 12, Viewpointe October 2023
Traveling First Class Not Coach Into Old Age

By Robert W. Goldfarb push ups, but instead of protesting, I did ten. Anything I theirs to shoulder. But across the decades I did change to
said would be asking the trainer to include me in a group meet challenges and will find a way to stop slouching into
As I journey deeper into my nineties, I realize I am no photograph in which she felt I didn’t belong. old age. As months, now years have past since I lost Muriel,
longer traveling first class. I haven’t traded my Lexus for a The episode at the gym wasn’t the only reminder the I feel the first hints I have begun to heal. A voice– a very
Civic or moved into assisted living, but at 93 the ticket I now man I felt I was and the man others saw were two very quiet voice– is whispering to me that I have the opportunity
travel with is valid only in coach. different people. I exercise and run almost every day. I to age differently, perhaps even with a sense of adventure. I
I was handed that ticket earlier this year when I enrolled never forget my wife’s insistence that I stand tall and would find a way to seize that opportunity.
in a group workout at my local gym. After asking our names never slouch. I think of my brain as a muscle and exercise The man who always traveled with one bag was now
and ages, the trainer said “Everybody, let’s begin with 20 it as well. Perhaps it was my fitness and something in exceeding the weight limit with things old men carry. It struck
push ups. Mr. Goldfarb you can do ten.” I regularly do 50 my bearing that spared me reminders that I was indeed me that I was preparing myself not only for a coach seat, but
for a walker. I would begin by unpacking fears that seemed
an old man. But all that changed when my wife of nearly
Sports 70 years died suddenly and unexpectedly to shrink me. What I had packed were just words, but their
weight was making me buckle. Heaviest were words like

Alone for the first time in my life, I’ve become more
And Fitness cautious. Muriel is no longer alongside me, bolstering my uncertainty, risk, doubt, worry, caution, dangerous, too old
confidence with hers. The simplest acts take more time. I
to do that, careful, saying no instead of yes to possibilities.
I would empty my luggage of these ponderous words and
no longer simply mail a letter; I examine it three or four
times to assure the address is correct, that its been sealed replace them with images that were much lighter but pulsed
Health Fair At The Club At and stamped. I’ve become more watchful, aware that a fall with life. Instead of burdens, I would travel with words that
could make my fitness a memory. I find myself wondering
pulled me tall, words like kindness, compassion, gratitude,
Boca Pointe if I turned off the lights, locked the door, mailed the check. vigor, helpful, courage, awareness, passion, hope, joy,
My head has become so heavy with uncertainty that it’s perhaps even happiness.
By Ashley Rozo tilting, tugging me into a slump. I am now being offered It’s not an airline ticket that would take me first class
seats on trains and busses. Flight attendants who a year ago through this final journey, but the few things I carry that light
Dear Boca Pointe Community, greeted me with just a smile now insist on taking my baggage my way forward.
I hope this message finds and placing it into the overhead. I began receiving so many
you in good health and high offers of assistance that it was clear I was carrying myself Bob’s articles have appeared in The New York Times,
spirits. Over the past few months, differently. I stand erect only when I remember Muriel’s The San Francisco Chronicle and in Next Avenue, the
I’ve enjoyed sharing my fitness voice saying “Bob, you’re slouching; stand tall!” publication of the Public Broadcasting Service. His book,
journey with you. Connecting with this fantastic community I’ve done nothing especially heroic in my 93 years, simply “What’s Stopping Me From Getting Ahead?” was published
has been incredible. accepted the responsibilities men of my generation saw as by McGraw Hill and is in five languages. 
You Are Invited
The Club at Boca Pointe is planning an October Health
Fair. I would like to personally invite the Boca Pointe
Community to experience this with our Club Members. ª
Wednesday, October 25
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Our Health Fair promises to be an enriching experience “dedicated to ResuLts”
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Thank you for being part of our vibrant and dynamic
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Yours in health and happiness,
Ashley Rozo,
Fitness Manager, Sports and Fitness Center,
Boca Pointe 

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